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Lot 244
Civil War. Articles for the Delivering Up of Lichfield-Close on Thursday the 16. of this instant July. Together with a List of the Commanders, Officers, and Gentlemen of Quality that were in the Close at the Surrender thereof. Also an Information of one Henry Stone, concerning some Private Discourse between him and Sir Tho: Tildesly. All which were sent in a Letter to the Honorable William Lenthal Esq. Printed for Edward Husband, Printer to the Honorable House of Commons, July 18. 1646, 12 pp., title within woodcut border, light soiling to final leaf, disbound, small 4to Provenance: 'Captain Morrell, Sept. 10', inscription to title, with his name underlined under 'Captaines' in the list of officers. Sir Thomas Tyldesly, Governor of Lichfield surrendered Lichfield Close to Parliamentary forces on 10 July 1646, in accordance with the King's royal warrant, after a four month seige. (1)
Lot 427
Evelyn (John, translator). An Essay on the First Book of T. Lucretius Carus de Rerum Natura. Interpreted and made English Verse by J. Evelyn, 1st edition, printed for Gabriel Bedle and Thomas Collins, 1656, engraved frontispiece by Hollar after Mary Evelyn (trimmed with some loss at fore edge), title printed in red and black, text in Latin and English on facing pages, errata leaf and publisher's list at end, a few leaves close-trimmed at top margin, just affecting a few headlines, occasional light spotting and soiling, bookplates of Bridgewater Library and William S. Stone, hinges reinforced, contemporary sheep, rebacked and repaired, 8vo Grolier, Wither to Prior 343; Wing L3446. The first English translation of Lucretius in verse. (1)
Lot 239
Bindings. Lavengro, The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest, illustrated by E.J. Sullivan, with an Introduction by Augustine Birrell, Q.C., M.P., Macmillan, 1914, full-page letterpress illustrations, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary polished calf with blocked and coloured decoration by Riviere & Son, signed on front turn-in, spine with stylised flower, and gilt lettering at head, front cover with a gentleman sitting on a mile stone with a bindle on the ground beside him, rear cover with a cooking pot hanging from a tripd over a fire, extremities rubbed and joints splitting, 8vo, together with The Last Days of Pompeii, by Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton, second copyright edition, Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1879, preliminaries and rough-trimmed edges spotted, gilt patterned endpapers, contemporary hand-painted vellum, with printed label of Giulio Giannini, Parchment Works, Florence, on verso of front free endpaper, all-over design in green and gold with mirrored griffin and volute pattern on front cover, with red fleur-de-lys in oval above, foliate pattern and lettering on spine, and a large fleuron on rear cover, 8vo (2)
Lot 393
Boccalini (Trajano). I Ragguagli di Parnasso, or Advertisements from Parnassus; in Two Centuries. With the Politick Touch-Stone... And Now put into English by the Right Honourable, Henry, Earl of Monmouth, 1st edition, printed for Humphrey Moseley and Thomas Heath, 1656, engraved portrait frontispiece by William Faithorne (marginal tear and loss at fore margin), a few short closed tears, some soiling to title, a few light spots and marginal water stains, previous owner signature of John Burns (possibly John Eliot Burns, 1858-1943, early Socialist and later Liberal MP), contemporary calf, old reback and repairs, a little rubbed, folio ESTC R2352; Wing B3380. (1)
Lot 58
An important platinum diamond ring, the central old European cut stone approximately 3.14ct, clarity VS, colour N-O, surrounded by a cluster of twelve diamonds totalling a further 1.87ct, clarity Si-I1, Colour H-I, ring size I/J. CONDITION REPORT: Totalling over 5ct, with AnchorCert report numbered 20029448 and 20029411.
Lot 60
An 18ct gold jade and diamond pendant, the oval jade stone surmounted by three diamonds, the central diamond approximately 1.14ct, clarity Si, colour G, the two other diamonds approximately 0.68ct, clarity Si, colour G. CONDITION REPORT: With AnchorCert certificate numbered 20029447 and 20029414.
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